US Patent Issued to BSH Hausgerate on Nov. 3 for "Household refrigeration appliance having a drawer-type door with a light unit" (German, Turkish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,040, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to BSH Hausgerate GmbH (Munich).

"Household refrigeration appliance having a drawer-type door with a light unit" was invented by Altug Karabas (Ulm, Germany), Oguz Kaan Gur (Neu-Ulm, Germany) and Ashish Modi (Istanbul).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A household refrigeration appliance with a main body has a first and a second storage chamber for storing foodstuffs. First and second drawer-type doors enable access to the storage chambers. A light unit is provided at a lower wall of the upper drawer door, facing the second storage chamber so as to direct light towards the second storage chamber when th...